Julian nods. Four years, naught but a blink of the eye on a larger scale, but so much had happened in the last four years. The war with the Klingons, the Dominion...

"Right then, I'll try to keep everything from then on under my hat, so to speak. Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise."

(Would it make things better or worse? He really can't say. Their conflict with the Dominion was practically inevitable as soon as they found the wormhole, but...)

"What about Captain Sisko?"